====== Ubuntu - nginx - Install Nginx with PHP and MySql support ======

Instruction how to install and configure Nginx, PHP (with PHP-FPM) and MySql server.

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===== Install MySql server =====

<code bash>
sudo apt install mysql-server
</code>

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===== Install Nginx and PHP =====

Install Nginx and PHP related packages including PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager).

<code bash>
sudo apt install nginx php5-fpm php5-mysql
</code>

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===== Configure Nginx =====

Configure Nginx to pass .php files to FPM.

Add these lines somewhere in the server {} section (or uncomment as they are already in the file):

<file bash /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default>
location ~ \.php$ {
	fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
	fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
	fastcgi_index index.php;
	include fastcgi_params;
}
</file>

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===== Configure FPM =====

Fix a security issue by configuring FPM.

More details here: http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls#Passing_Uncontrolled_Requests_to_PHP) 

Uncomment and modify this line:

<file bash /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini>
 ;cgi.fix_pathinfo=1
</file>
 
so that it looks like this:
 
<file bash /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini>
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
</file>

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===== Restart FPM =====

<code bash>
/etc/init.d/php5-fpm restart
</code>

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===== Start Nginx =====

<code bash>
/etc/init.d/nginx start
</code>

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===== Create a test PHP file =====

Create a test PHP file in the Nginx document root, located in /usr/share/nginx/www by default.

<code bash>
echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /usr/share/nginx/www/info.php
</code>

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===== Test =====

Check if Nginx and FPM are configured correctly by loading this url:

<code>
http://{server}/info.php
</code>

<WRAP info>
Replace {server} with the hostname or IP address of your server.
</WRAP>


If you see a PHP a list of PHP configurations everything is correctly configured.